Comedian James Theberge will headline The Second Saturday Showcase at 8 p.m. Oct. 13, at the new Fitts’ Bar & Grill, 150 Center St., Auburn. Theberge is a two-time finalist in the Empire Summer Comedy Classic and has toured throughout New England. The show will be hosted by Dawn Hartill of Lewiston and feature Boston’s Matt Amabello, […]
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Tickets for 'Things My Mother Taught Me' are available
LEWISTON — The box office at The Public Theatre has opened for the 2018-2019 season. Its first production, “Things My Mother Taught Me,” opens Friday, Oct. 19. The lobby opens at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, for the Opening Night BREWHaHa, a free beer tasting courtesy of Baxter Brewing Co. In “Things My Mother Taught […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 6
100 Years Ago: 1918 Columbia Hall, in Lisbon Falls, has been quickly turned into a hospital and there are now more than 30 patients being cared for there. The State Authorities have provided two doctors and several nurses to assist the local physicians. The local Red Cross has been busy putting the hospital to readiness, […]
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Organist Elena Udras makes U.S. debut at Basilica
People have not lived musically until they have heard “The Great Gate of Kiev,” from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” played on a world-class pipe organ. It immerses one in a sea of sound surpassing that of a full orchestra. Such was the case Thursday night at Lewiston’s Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul as […]
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Lithgow Library to host Puma jazz concert
AUGUSTA — At 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, the Lithgow Public Library will host Puma, a jazz quintet. Get autumn off to a swinging start and join us for a wonderful evening of jazz inspired by swing, bebop, Latin America, modern jazz of the 1960s and renditions of 1960s pop and more. Puma features Christine […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents E.J. Edmonds at Johnson Hall
GARDINER — Maine Event Comedy will present Rhode Island’s E.J. Edmonds at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show will feature veteran comics Ryan Gartley and Scott MacNeil. Edmonds is a 12-year stand-up veteran whose confident demeanor, blunt sarcasm, and ability to make fun of […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 5
100 Years Ago: 1918 (Two ads in the Journal, re: the Spanish Flu): On account of Influenza, the Field Day of the New Lake Auburn Boat Club is postponed. The Topsham Fair is canceled for this season. 50 Years Ago: 1968 More than 1,000 U.S. Infantrymen and scores of warplanes attacked a Viet Cong base […]
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Death notices for Friday, Oct. 5
GAGNON — Lorraine P., 85, of Lewiston passed away Tuesday, Oct. 2. Visitation will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Funeral Alternatives, 25 Tampa St., Lewiston, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. STROUT — Reginald H. Sr., 81, of Strong passed away Sunday, Sept. 23. Visitation will be held […]
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Four live bands to perform at The Cage Saturday
LEWISTON — The Cage, at 97 Ash St., will feature live music this weekend. At 8 p.m. Friday the band Zealous Bellus will perform; there is no cover. Beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, four bands will take the stage: Ascent to Power, Aliens, Buried Beneath Concrete and When the Dead Won’t Die. Cover charge is […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents Colby Bradshaw at Baxter Brewing
LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy presents Colby Bradshaw at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Baxter Brewing. He’ll be joined by Jed Bloom, Julie Poulin and host Mark Turcotte. Bradshaw’s charm and deadpan delivery have been on display at New York City’s The Stand and Gotham Comedy Club. He took first place at Empire’s Comedy Winter […]